A Memoir of the Reverend Alexander Waugh: With Selections from His ... Correspondence, Pulpit Recollections, &c. ...Hamilton, Adams, & Company, 1831 - 620 pages |
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Page 51
... able , he never shewed it in the pulpit , except by bringing down the great truths of God to the level of common capacities . " He sometimes used to repeat to his acquaintances the saying of the great Usher , " it will take all our ...
... able , he never shewed it in the pulpit , except by bringing down the great truths of God to the level of common capacities . " He sometimes used to repeat to his acquaintances the saying of the great Usher , " it will take all our ...
Page 58
... able divine was accustomed to instruct the theological students who attended his class : 66 - " Gentlemen , the nature of my office has been much misunderstood . It is supposed , that I am to teach you every thing connected with the ...
... able divine was accustomed to instruct the theological students who attended his class : 66 - " Gentlemen , the nature of my office has been much misunderstood . It is supposed , that I am to teach you every thing connected with the ...
Page 66
... able to trace his progress until his being appointed to the congre- gation over which he presided for so many years in London . This occurred in 1782 , when our ac- quaintance was renewed , and was continued with- out loss of friendship ...
... able to trace his progress until his being appointed to the congre- gation over which he presided for so many years in London . This occurred in 1782 , when our ac- quaintance was renewed , and was continued with- out loss of friendship ...
Page 70
... able opinion of others , fetter you with the chains of de- spondency and imaginary disappointment . The desire of approbation was implanted by God in the soul of man for excellent and laudable purposes , one of which is obviously ...
... able opinion of others , fetter you with the chains of de- spondency and imaginary disappointment . The desire of approbation was implanted by God in the soul of man for excellent and laudable purposes , one of which is obviously ...
Page 73
... able to look Jesus in the face , when he calls you to give an account of your stewardship . The more weak and sinful you are , ' says our professor , in a letter to me , have the more recourse to Christ ; but never dare to flee from him ...
... able to look Jesus in the face , when he calls you to give an account of your stewardship . The more weak and sinful you are , ' says our professor , in a letter to me , have the more recourse to Christ ; but never dare to flee from him ...
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Page 566 - And when he came to himself, he said. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare ; and I perish with hunger. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him. Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son ; make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 200 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 317 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 558 - O PRAISE the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
Page 390 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Page 487 - There let the shepherd's flute, the virgin's lay, The prompting seraph, and the poet's lyre, Still sing the God of Seasons, as they roll. For me, when I forget the darling theme, Whether the blossom blows, the...
Page 120 - If any man be in Christ Jesus, he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.
Page 529 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Page 270 - But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Page 535 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.